Milk bottle



Patented Apr. 22, 1941 UNITED STATE Z Claims.

This invention relates to a milk bottle `wherein the exterior shape or design may be of any Well known kind, while the interior construction is an improvement over conventionally constructed milk bottles in that the cream which rises to the upper portion of the bottle on the milk may be conveniently poured from the bottle without any of the milk leaving the bottle along with the cream so that a person may easily obtain the cream without it being diluted with milk.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sectional View taken on the line I--I of Figure 2 illustrating a milk bottle constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View illustrating the interior construction of the milk bottle as having upper and lower chambers connected by a restricted passage. e

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan View illustrating the bottle.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a milk bottle constructed from any material suitable for the purpose and has f portion I0 is of elongated formation and extends from the bottom wall of the bottle upwardly to a point past the mid-section of the bottle and has an upwardly and outwardly inclined face II at the upper end thereof which forms one wall of the passage 8 while the remaining portion of the .enlargement I0 has a vertical straight face 2. A shoulder I3 is formed by the meeting of the faces II and I2 which terminates at one side wall of the passage 8 where 'the latter communicates with the chamber l.

The upper end of the face II merges into a wall of the neck I4 of the bottle.

The portion 9 extends from the end of the neck I4 into the chamber 1 with its medial part of the greatest thickness to define a shoulder I5 lying opposite the face II where the latter merges into the neck to cooperate therewith in forming one end of the passage 8 which communicates with the chamber 6. The shoulder I5 while in a plane above the shoulder I3 overlays the shoulder I3 to a slight extent. The portion 9 has a concave face II which merges into the walls of the neck lll and extends from the shoulder I5 to the open end of said neck and lies wholly within the chamber 6. The portion 9 is further provided with an upwardly and inwardly inclined face I1 extending from the shoulder I5 to one of the vertical walls of the bottle within the chamber 1. A part of the face Il coacts with the face II of the portion II) and certain vertical walls of the bottle in forming the passage 8, the upper end of which is shaped, as shown in Figure 5. The face I1 besides inclining as specied has a slight arcuate curvature transversely thereof so as to merge gradually into certain opposite Vertical Walls of the bottle.

When milk containing cream is placed in the bottle of the construction heretofore described in detail and shown in the drawing, the milk and cream gradually will separate as usual when left to stand. The milk remains in the chamber l and the cream rises on the milk and reaches the chamber 6 by way of the passage 8. The cream may then be poured from the chamber by tilting the bottle towards a horizontal position and to the left, as shown in Figure 2, so that the cream leaving the chamber 6 flows over the face I 6 and the face Il and shoulder I5 act to check the milk from ilowing into the chamber B and thereby prevent the milk from flowing out of the bottle during the removal of the cream from the bottle. After the removal of the cream as specified, the milk may be readily poured from the bottle by tilting the latter to the right in Figure 2.

A major portion of the chamber 'l is semicircular shaped in cross section lcaused (by the walls of the bottle and the face I2 of the portion I0, while the remaining portion of the chamber l is substantially funnel-shaped leading into the passage 8.

A bottle of the construction described will permit cream to readily rise on milk and enter a separate chamber from the chamber containing the milk so that clue to the construction of the passage and the chamber containing the cream, the cream may be poured from the bottle free of any milk.

It is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawing, will fully set forth the construction and advantages of this invention to those skilled in the art to which such a device relates, so that further description will not be required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A milk bottle including a body and neck dened by a bottom wall and Vertical walls, an enlargement formed on certain of said vertical walls interiorly of the body and a portion of the neck, .a second enlargement formed on other walls of the body and neck to coact with the first-named enlargement in defining upper and lower chambers connected by an upwardly inclined passage, said inst-mentioned enlargement f having a vertical face and an upwardly and outwardly inclined face, said faces merging in defining a shoulder at the lower` end of the neck, said second-mentioned enlargement having an upwardly and inwardly inclined face and a conn cave face, said faces of the second-named enlargement merging with each other to define a second shoulder located in a plane above the first shoulder with an overlapped relation thereto and located at the other end of the passage,

said concave face of the second-mentioned enlargement gradually merging into certain vertical walls of the neck, said upwardly and in- Cil wardly inclined face of the second-named enlargement having a transverse curvature to permit the latter-named face to merge gradually into certain vertical walls of the body, certain of said faces of the enlargements and the shoulders coacting in forming the passage of segmental shape in cross section.

2. Ay milk bottle including a body and a neck, defined by a bottom wall and vertical walls, an enlargement formed on certain of said vertical walls interiorly of the body and a portion of the neck, a second enlargement formed on the other walls of the body and neck and arranged opposite the first enlargement and coacting therewith in defining upper and lower chambers connected by an upwardly inclined passage, said rst-mentioned enlargement having a vertical face and an upwardly and outwardly inclined face, said faces merging in dening a shoulder at the lower end of the passage, said secondmentioned enlargement having an upwardly and inwardly inclined face and a concave face, said faces of the second-named enlargement merging With each other to dene a second shoulder located in a plane above the first shoulder with overlapping spaced relation thereto and located at the other end of the passage, said concave face of the second-mentioned enlargement forming an outwardly flaring pouring wall on the interior of the neck and extending from the upper end of the passage to the free edge of said neck.

LELAND A. GAMMILL. 

